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Watch funny tapes, etc (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spectate

'watch' is the definition.
(I know that spectate is a more specific form of the action the watch)

'funny tapes etc' is the wordplay.
'funny' indicates an anagram.
'tapes'+'etc'='tapesetc'
'tapesetc' is an anagram of 'SPECTATE'.

(Other definitions for spectate that I've seen before include "Look on (at a match)" , "View" , "Perhaps enjoy sport" , "Be an onlooker" , "Observe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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